5 Real News Items That May Be Supervillain Origin Stories
When you would awake from nightmares as a child, screaming into the darkness, the first thing your mother did to reassure you was tell you that there was no such thing as monsters. All the over the top, ridiculous evil beings weren't real, she'd say; the Boogeyman, Darth Vader and Dr. Doom are just stories, she'd say; reality isn't nearly that scary, she'd say. The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State was started as part of the Manhattan Project--a program dedicated to weaponizing atomic power. When mud dauber wasps moved into the long abandoned site back in 2003, they began to build their nests out of the still-contaminated mud and, rather than dying off like good little attack insects, they survived... irradiated. Like this, but probably firing nuclear blasts. Jesus! There's not much in the natural world worse than wasps. Luckily for humanity, the cleanup crew had to deduce all of this from the empty nests. ...because they've all moved on. Famous Villain Equivalent: What?
5 Real Life Soldiers Who Make Rambo Look Like a Pussy
We all understand that action movies are cheesy escapism. After all, could one commando really take out a whole compound full of bad guys? Actually, yes. It turns out the history books are full of stories of soldiers doing things so badass they'd hesitate to put them into a film for fear of killing the realism. Like these five, for example. #5. Who Was He? Simo Hayha had a fairly boring life in Finland. Since the majority of fighting took place in the forest, he figured the best way to stop the invasion was to grab his trusty rifle, a couple of cans of food and hide in a tree all day shooting Russians. Can you spot Hayha? Of course when the Russians heard that dozens of their men were going down and that it was all one dude with a rifle, they got fucking scared. They started by sending out a task force to find Hayha and take him out. Then they tried getting together a team of counter-snipers (which are basically snipers that kill snipers) and sent them in to eliminate Hayha. #4. Exactly.
The 5 Most Ridiculous Sex Self-Help Books
Sex is something everyone claims to be good at, but very few people actually take the time to research. For a man to be a successful lover, he has to be attentive, fit and focused. As for a woman, she must be awake-ish and attached to her vagina. There aren't very many structured ways to learn how to make love. Luckily, I searched through dozens of used book stores to find research done on the art of sexing. #5. This book is a cry for help. Besides a clear message that his wife is out to destroy him, the introduction also included my favorite thing about buying used books--the fact that they're used. If you make it past the intro, the book is 101 tips ranging from the obvious to the religious. You know, there are easier ways to get on a porno mailing list, David Frahm. I know women are supposed to be bad with numbers, but I don't think that's going to fool her. Did this guy think we needed help figuring out what to do with chick movies? Is his wife a circus clown? #4. #3. #2. Every day?
6 Ways World of Warcraft is Worse Than Real Life
If you don't play World of Warcraft, you have friends that do. And while we can't begin to explain all the ins and outs of this 11 million-member community, we can bring out a few fascinating aspects of the WoW lifestyle ... some of which you might wish you could go back to not knowing. Did you know... WoW is a Lot Like Work In World of Warcraft, like real life, you need money. You earn gold by "farming," which is the slang term for the monotonous quests players slog through each day, that generally involve killing X monsters, or collecting X items and getting gold in return. Active players will need to do this tedious farming about two days a week, to fund the actual fun part of their game. Even stranger, enterprising gamers can make gold in a sort of commodities market that has formed in the WoW world. There are even complex software plugins people use to track price histories and trends. WoW is Also a Lot Like Job Hunting 1. 2. 3. "And you say if I do this, you'll let me in your guild?"
7 Movies You Didn't Know Can Come True (With Mental Illness)
Let's make it clear: Having a mental disorder is no fun. Even if some of them kind of sound like fun. For instance, there is a whole list of mental disorders that basically turn your life into a live action Hollywood movie. Capgras Delusion - Your Friends are Body Snatchers The Movie: There's no one you can trust. The Disorder: If you have the unwavering belief a loved one has been replaced with an impostor (and you don't have the pimp mustache) you're probably dealing with Capgras Delusion. The alleged impostor can sometimes be perceived as a threat or simply as a docile stranger who just happens to look exactly like your spouse and inexplicably wants to live their life. The question is, if you think you've been replaced, why were you not replaced with a fitter, more well hung version of yourself? Syndrome of Subjective Doubles - Bring in the Clones Do you remember the Arnold Schwarzenegger remake of The Parent Trap called The Sixth Day? Cotard's Syndrome - You Are the Undead
The 5 Most Maddeningly Unresolved TV Plotlines
Writing TV shows is hard. We think. Actually it probably depends on the show. Either way, with all those characters and plotlines going on it's apparently really easy to lose track of what you're doing. Peter from Heroes Dumps his Girlfriend... in the Future In season two of Heroes, superpowered protagonist Peter Petrelli and his girlfriend Caitlin time-travel to a virus-riddled, post-apocalyptic New York City. Peter's time travel powers conveniently wonk out, stranding Caitlin in the future. But wait! Why It's Maddening: Who knows? It's not actually Peter's fault here. When the next season rolled around, Heroes creator Tim Kring was eager to jump-start the flagging series, sans time travel and pointless tertiary love interests. Fair enough, but Peter's total lack of concern for Caitlin raises some disturbing implications for his character. Any way you cut it, he's whatever the diametric opposite of a hero is. "For the last fucking time, I am NOT Jim from The Office." Scratch that. Mr.
The 15 Worst Comics of the Decade - ComicsAlliance | Comics culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews
Yesterday, we covered the Best Comics of 2009, and now to even the scales ComicsAlliance is back with an even more far-reaching list: The 15 Worst Comics of the Decade. Yes, yes, I know that the decade isn’t technically over, but most people don’t realize that, and we couldn’t resist doing a roundup of the very worst comics to come out in the aughts, or the ’00s, or whatever else people tried to call this limbo decade, before we roll over to double digits. Marville (2002)We’ll be going (mostly) chronologically through our fifteen favorites, by which I mean the ones we hate the most. Some of these will surely come as no surprise, but others may be more unexpected — drop your own thoughts in the comments if we missed your (least) favorite. In the history of comics, eventually some definitive article will be written on Bill Jemas, one of the oddest, most energizing figures to ever be found wandering near the top of the corporate ladder. Man, he wrote some terrible comics. -Jason Michelitch
Ten mystery diseases you've never heard of
